# L_2004277EN.01002101.xml

| 26.8.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 277/21 |
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26.8.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 277/21

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 52/2004

of 23 April 2004

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 33/2004 of 19 March 2004 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 33/2004 of 19 March 2004 (1).

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | The Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein, |
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(3)

The Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent shall be added in point 1b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98):






  ‘— | 32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).’ |
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1.

The following indent shall be added in point 1b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98):

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32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).’

| 2. | The following point shall be inserted after point 1h (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003):






  ‘1i. | 32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’ |
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2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 1h (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003):

‘1i.

32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 24 April 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 23 April 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

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(1)  
  OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 144.

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(2)  
  OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57.

2

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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